SGT William A. Geresy (ret)'s Blog (937)

Several weeks ago, I chronicled here my yearlong battle with the VA (an oxymoronic statement, if there ever was one) over the lung damage and related ear and balance issues I sustained in Fallujah, Iraq, from 2006 to 2007. When I published that article, I was still optimistic. I naively thought that based upon the twelve years of medical records I submitted, the fact that I jumped through every bureaucratic hoop and leapt over every infuriating hurdle the VA…

While some Democratic politicians are trying to convince the nation there should only be two classes — you, and those in government who control you (here, here, and here) — Pawn Stars host Rick Harrison remains unconvinced.Speaking on Fox News program Outnumbered, Rick said he knows the drill, and he wants young people to understand it, too:“[I] tell college kids… ‘Next time…

Eh. It’s a shame that Chris Wallace and Bret Baier have to lose out on an opportunity as sweet as this, but c’mon. This is a network that often operates in primetime as an arm of the White House comms team. The 9 p.m. guy talks to Trump regularly, has been described as his “shadow of chief staff,” and campaigned with him at a rally shortly before the midterms. The former president of the network works in the White House for Trump right now despite the fact that…

Happy Sunday! Here’s one for all my Infantry buddies..and a few other Military friends too. This is directed at military members, past, present and future. Marines, if you have difficulty understanding the big words, please consult your local Army Grunt.He…is…The Most Interesting Colonel in the World.When he wakes up in the morning, Russia raises its DEFCON level…just in…

She and I don’t agree on much, but on this we have common ground.——————————Tennis great Martina Navratilova is learning the hard way that apologizing to militant transgender activists is not – and will never be – enough.

On Sunday, Navratilova used her personal website to address the recent controversies surrounding comments she’s…

Sharron Davies, a British Olympian, has had accusations of “hate” thrown her way after saying that transgender athletes should be barred from competing against biological women.Among other awards, Davies won a silver medal in swimming at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. However, she is now under fire for comments about transgender athletes that some are calling “transphobic.”…

Those promoting CO2 as the reason for global warming are hucksters and those taken in by hucksters.Please consider NASA Sees Climate Cooling Trend Thanks to Low Sun Activity.“We see a cooling trend,” said Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center. “High above Earth’s surface, near the edge of space, our atmosphere is losing heat…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told moderate Democrats during a closed-door meeting on Thursday to stop siding with Republicans on procedural votes, saying they could become a lower priority for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2020.Pelosi met with the Democratic Caucus behind closed doors to discuss recent procedural…

Actor Alec Baldwin said former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen deserves a “Congressional Medal of Honor” for his appearance before a Congressional Committee Wednesday.The furiously anti-Trump actor said he didn’t know if Cohen was telling the truth but that the former Trump lawyer would help us get past “this nightmare.”“I don’t know if Michael Cohen is truthful,” Alec Baldwin tweeted on Wednesday, “but if he is, he should get the Congressional Medal of…

Imagine if in some spectacular move, Trump decided to give active and former members of U.S. Congress even more benefits? That he signed an Executive Order that allowed our elected officials to enjoy the same top-notch healthcare that our nation's veterans enjoy under the current U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).The results would be…

n her recent State of the State address, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rightly pointed out that Michigan needs to spend more money on roads.Gov. Whitmer said, “By one estimate, the vehicle damage from Michigan roads costs the average motorist $562 a year in repairs. … That’s money that could go toward child care,…

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Several days ago I graduated from the last parts of my Army officer direct commission training and will soon be sent out into the force of the greatest fighting organization the world has ever known.Coming from the ease and splendor of media, government, and political life in Washington, D.C., the military was initially a major culture shock in nearly…

Speculation often treated as fact, and definition may be only in eye of beholder.

By Tom Gantert

One of the more underreported aspects of the Green New Deal advocated by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, is its inflated claim about jobs. According to the official language, it is “a historic opportunity to create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the United States.”Green or “clean energy” jobs are generally framed in positive terms by the mainstream…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this appeal to President Donald Trump yesterday:On January 3rd, it was my privilege as Speaker to invite you to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29th. ...The U.S. Secret Service was designated as the lead federal agency responsible for coordinating, planning, exercising, and implementing security for National Special Security Events…

The media coverage following President Trump’s Oval Office address on Tuesday night seemed to be missing something. As expected, the Democrats criticized Trump and continued to blame him for the partial government shutdown. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called it “a degradation of the Oval Office.” The subsequent Chuck and Nancy show became the target of bipartisan derision. One liberal pundit said…

We shouldn’t be surprised that billionaire activist George Soros has jumped into the fray over the funding for President Trump’s border wall. He simply can’t resist the urge to morph into his beloved “master of the universe” role.Demand Justice is a Soros-financed, left-wing judicial nominee advocacy group. It was founded in early 2018 by Brian Fallon, who served as press secretary for…

The American economy has not seen a boom like this in many a year, but the effects have been mitigated in some states due to heavy-handed government policies that prevent growth from taking root. In those states, managed one and all by Democrats, people are fleeing in record numbers to go to red states where the economic climate is much more friendly. According to new U.S. Census Bureau numbers, two of the nation’s biggest Democrat-run states – Illinois and California – saw sharp…

During the White House border-security meeting on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirsten Nielsen presented a report on current conditions at the southern border. New Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Nielsen, “I reject your facts.” To which Nielsen responded, “These are not my facts. These are the facts.”Fox News’ Lukas Mikelionis said the statistic that pushed Pelosi over the edge was, “border officials along the U.S.-Mexico border had…

In a sit-down interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) floated taxing the wealthy as much as 70 percent to fund her climate change plan called the “Green New Deal.”“[P]eople are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes,” Ocasio-Cortez told Cooper in a preview clip of Sunday’s show while comparing herself to former Presidents…

'Ocasio-Cortez sees this plan is being a vehicle through which social equality might finally realized, as it will use reparations to right historical injustices'

By Tom Elliott

Incoming New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brings with her a massive online following, influence she says she’ll deploy only in support of candidates and politicians who support her plan for a “Green New Deal.”“The Green New Deal” is something Ocasio-Cortez invokes frequently in media…